Theory of Literature
Code
711091120
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Helena Barbas, Silvina Rodrigues Lopes
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Português e Inglês
Objectives
Class B:
a) To master and refine the knowledge about Theory of Literature up to one of its key turning points towards modernity
b) To contextualize the authors addressed and discuss the limits of literary tradition
c) To critically read philosophical texts fundamental to the evolution of literary theory and criticism
d) To manage and organize a bibliography relevant to the theme/research to be prepared individually
Prerequisites
not aplicable
Subject matter
Class B:
1. Art as an imitation of Nature
a) Mimesis and realism in Plato.
b) The exaltation of Mimesis in Aristotle. Model as essence.
c) From Archetype to entelechy.
2. Art and Nature paradigm shifts
a) Configuration of the Renaissance paradigm. \"On the Sublime\" by Pseudo-Longinus.
b) Cosmovision and epistemological changes from Magic to scientific outlook.
c) Recovery of the classical precepts (Boileau, Pope and Count of Ericeira).
3. The metamorphosis of aesthetic consciousness
a) Fragmentation of the Beautiful and plurality of Mimesis (Addison and Young).
b) \"An Inquiry ...\" by E. Burke: from genre to aesthetic behaviour.
c) New concepts: Taste, Beautiful, Sublime, Creativity, Genius, Inspiration.
4. Configuration of the romantic paradigm
a) Kant and \"The Critique of Judgment\". From Taste to the notion of Aesthetic Judgment. Genius and Art.
b) Portugal and the maintenance of the Renaissance paradigm (C.J. de Oliveira) Misinterpretations. Alexandre Herculano as Kant´s reader.
Bibliography
Turma A:
TODOROV, Tzvetan, org. Teoria da Literatura, textos dos formalistas russos apresentados por Tzvetan Todorov, trad. Ed. 70 , Lisboa, 1989.
Michel FOUCAULT, O que é um autor? (trad.)Vega, Lisboa, 1987
JAKOBSON, Roman, Quest-ce que la poésie? , in Huit questions de poétique, Seuil, 1977.
DERRIDA, Jacques, La structure le signe et le jeu dans le discours des sciences humaines, Lécriture et la différence, Seuil, Paris, 1967
ANGENOT, Marc, org. Teoria Literária, Publicações Dom Quixote, Lisboa.
Turma B
Aristóteles. Poética. Trad. A.M. Valente. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa. 2001.
Burke, E. A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful\". Ed. J.T. Boulton. Routlege & Kegan Paul, Londres. 1967.
Conde da Ericeira. Boileau - Arte Poética\". Ed. J.P. Machado. Papelaria Fernandes, Lisboa. 1818.
Horácio. Arte Poética\". Trad. Rosado Fernandes. Inquérito, Lisboa. 1984.
Kant, E. Crítica da Faculdade do Juízo. Trad. A. Marques. Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, Lisboa. 1992.
Teaching method
Class B:
Lecturing with multimedia support (60%); class discussions and analysis of oral and written texts, presentation and discussion of student papers (40%).
Evaluation method
Class B:
Evaluation method: a critical review/commentary of one of the books from the secondary bibliography (20%); a short essay / Monograph oriented by the teacher on a topic to be proposed (9,000 characters / 6 pages - 60%) ; oral presentation of the monograph together with interventions in class (20%). End of semester exam: the test (50%) and the scheduled exercises (50%) will contribute equally to the final grade.